This LAND-artproject was conceived and designed by Jacalyn Lopez Garcia, a transmedia visual storyteller/photographer, in collaboration with photographer Nicholas Caesar Colon and a select group of artists/poets/musicians. Collaborators were selected for their interest in offering a critical examination of how diverse artistic styles can independently and collaboratively serve to explore themes based on the impact of living on or near the San Andreas Fault located in Southern California.
Jacalyn’s interest in collaborating with other artists is fueled by her desire to develop content for her interactive installations that can be experienced in major museums and galleries. In a unique way, each LAND-land art collaborator had created a voice using their own artistic style to comment on the social and economic landscape of California’s earthquake country. In particular, living on or near the San Andres Fault. In addition, thIs website hosts a Blog for site visitors to add their own reflections on the project’s blog.
Featured on this website is a gallery that hosts documentations of the photographic images, live performances, and Jacalyn’s interactive artworks embedded with an underlying coded language for the intended purpose of providing a vehicle that can expand upon the interpretation of an art piece, beyond the object’s first impression. In a gallery or museum setting Jacalyn’s installations create a space where both physical and digital worlds can be accessed simultaneously so the art patron can interact with a scannable embedded Quick Response Code (referred to as QR Code). Once the code is scanned, using any media device that has a QR code reader, the art patron is immediately transported to this website where photographs, stories, poems, videos, musical compositions, and other documentations by LAND-artproject collaborators can be viewed.
Artist works featured in this online project include Nicolas Ceasar Colon’s stereographic work. A poem by Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, “Califas Quakes“, and other poems by Laura Araujo S., Darren J. deLeon, Carlos Garcia, and performance artist David Gonzales are featured in Jacalyn’s interactive installations and videos. The Angelic Honeybadgers, Vetza, and Maya Mac Gill, also graciously committed time, energy and their own creative voice to the project. Music for the individual poems were composed and produced by DJR3X.
Art patrons who visited the premiere of the LAND-artproject at the Manhattan Beach Art Center’s exhibition, TERRA FIRMA: A commentary on the land curated by Martin Betz, became engaged in the process of viewing, listening, touching, interacting and exploring various interactive transmedia installations, photographic work, poetry readings and a special performance by DJR3X. Additionally, the LAND-artproject features a blog that highlights documented stories gathered from interviews with local community members, business owners, and residents living on or near the fault line; including social media sources.
3D glasses to view anaglyphs, and stereographic holders are required for viewing photographic images when shown in galleries/museums. To ensure a positive online viewing experience on this website, documentations of the slide sets are shown; and, 3D glasses can be used for viewing anaglyphs (if you have them).